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(No Modell) J. QUINN. FARE BOX.

No. 588,778. E Patented Aug. 24, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES QUINN, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

FARE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 588,778, dated August24, 1897.

Application filed September 24, 1896- Serial No. 606,834:- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES QUINN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at Montreal, in the District of Montreal and Province ofQuebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFare-Boxes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of-the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to fare-boxes; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side vieW of the fare-box, partly insection. Fig. 2 is a plan view from below of the ticket-clip.

A is a portable fare-box of any approved construction, and a, is itshandle.

A is the slot through which the tickets or coins are inserted. The slotA is provided with downwardly-projecting lips 1) inside the box.

B are plates secured to the top of the box, one on each side of the slotA. The plates B are provided with forked portions 19 at their ends nextadjacentto the slot A.

O are teeth provided with sharp points 0 and pivoted on pins 0, Whichpass through the forked portions 19'.

D are springs secured to the plates B and operating to press the teeth 0onto the lips I).

D are plates which clamp the springs to the plates B, and at are theclamping-bolts,which also secure the plates B to the top of the farebox.

The teeth Care preferably arranged alternately of each other, with theirpoints projecting under the slot. When a card or a coin is inserted inthe slot, it is seized automatically by theteeth O and cannot be drawnback, and the same thing occurs when any fiat article, such as a card,is inserted through the slot in an attempt to abstract some of thecontents of the fare-box. The coin or ticket can be pressed downwardinto the box, but it cannot be moved in the opposite direction after anyportion of it has entered between the teeth.

What I claim is v In combination the flat-top receptacle having a slottherein with the downwardly-deflecting converging walls leading thereto,a plurality of plates B, B, fitting snugly against the under side ofsaid top having forked ends terminating at the inclined Walls, the teethsecured in the said forked ends having their free endsnormallyprojecting across said slot,

the plates D extending transversely of the ends of said plates B, themeans for securing said plates D to the top,'and the flat springs endspressing against said teeth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES QUINN.

Witnesses:

A. PAGE, J. A. MARION.

held at one of their ends between said plates B andthe plates D andhaving their. free

